I was 17 when I saw the movie, so I was on the cusp of senior year and then college. Not obvious to me at the time, the movie contributed to my expectations of my unsure future and presented a realistic and bittersweet foretelling of what would happen to me and my friends over the next few years. I still get chills at the last line of the movie. I remember sneaking Chick-fil-A into the theater and eating Sno-Caps through tears at the end. The downside now that I'm 42 and have seen it a gazillion times is that no one will watch it with me because I can quote entirely too much of the dialogue. It is a great movie ... one of the few that you never forget. Thanks.

Twenty-five years ago today, on my future wife's 17th birthday, a movie I did called Stand By Me was released. I didn't know it at the time, but it would define my childhood and change my life. Here are a few things I wanted to share, to mark the occasion. I talked to NPR last week about Stand B...